#A96940#A96940

#A96940 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.100 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96940
RGB	rgb(169, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, 21.58, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 39.82, 57.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.0609 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.1 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3408, 18.9104, 7.3230)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96940 #4080A9

analogous

#A9404B #A96940 #A99D40

triadic

#A96940 #40A969 #6940A9

tetradic

#A96940 #4BA940 #4080A9 #9D40A9

square

#A96940 #4BA940 #4080A9 #9D40A9

split-complementary

#A96940 #40A99D #404BA9

monochromatic

#50321E #7D4D2F #A96940 #C48862 #D5AA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#A96940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#A96940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96940

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96940	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.100 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79476',
    500: '#a96940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96940;
$custom-light: #c79476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58201,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96940

secondary

#85A9C0

accent

#A2D553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96940

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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